Shola Balogun

I ride on the waves
of their lies
and tell how vicious men
master vain manners
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To His Penelope
(for my wife, Hauwa)

1.
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(Songs for Jazz)

A river of wine
In the kiss of your lips:
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Sango's Ballad
(Osogbo,2017)
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Oedipus by Sophocles


Oil for the brow.
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Could this be the setter forth of Ethiop tongue!
I thought the Aegean breakwaters,
Beating at Aphrodite's tender limbs
In wingbeats of storm
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As ill-clad Zlelponith bemoaning
The mangled body of her son tempered
Beneath the hewn stones of Dagan,
Reached deeply into her grief
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Abraham...Ra...Ham

I kissed the navel of the night.
The chalice of sprouted stalks of bitterleaf,
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Rain on my tongue.

Threshing floor of pebbled camwood,
Then hidden faces and strange footsteps
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A shadow of light transported
Into three eyes in a flood of triangle,
Tempered omelette of whirling cyclone
Beating pawn to forlorn stones
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Steep-stepped vaulting,
I held your suns gladly.

What manner of winevat and what words much graced!
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The earthen lamp, the wandering eyes,
The dimly lit floor, the rising shadow,
The sudden silence of lone whispers
In the undivided hour,
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Let me take you on a walk
To the moon tonight, Beloved.

The words of your lips
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Déjame llevarte de paseo
a la luna esta noche, Amado.

Las palabras de tus labios son como uvas frescas de la vid.
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¡Podría ser el iniciador
de la lengua de Etiopía!
Pensé que los rompeolas del Egeo,
golpeando en las extremidades
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(Canciones para Jazz)

Un río de vino
En el beso de tus labios:
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(Osogbo,2017)

Rostros congelados en
el muelle de Heraclitean
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Edipo por Sófocles


Aceite para la frente.
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Lluvia en mi lengua.

Piso trillado de camwood
cubierto de guijarros,
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A su Penélope

(para mi esposa, Hauwa)
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